After The Whistle

SABRES WIN A HUGE GAME AGAINST THE DALLAS STARS. THE TALK OF THE GAME IS OWEN POWER. FANS ARE RAVING ABOUT HIS GAME, AND HOPING THIS IS THE OP WE GET ON NIGHTLY BASIS. HOW MUCH OF HIS IMPROVEMENT IS DUE TO LINDY RUFF. OTHER NOTABLE PLAYERS: GREENWAY, UPL, COZENS, THOMPSON, TUCH, KULICH FROZEN FRENZY: ALL 32 TEAMS IN ACTION, WHO ARE THE BIG STORIES Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HOST THE STARS TONIGHT. THEY NEED TO PLAY THEIR BEST HOCKEY IN ORDER TO GET OUT OCTOBER WITH A DECENT RECORD. TWO OF THE TOP TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS. STILL WORKING ON THE PP. THOMAS CHIMES IN WITH HIS THOUGHT ON THE POWERPLAY. WINNIPEG IS 5-0 IS UTAH THE REAL DEAL OR WILL REALITY SET IN SOON? RUTGER MCGROARTY DIDN'T MAKE ANY FANS IN WINNIPEG OVER THE OFFSEASON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DOES ONE WIN AGAINST THE BLACKHAWKS TAKE THE HEAT OFF THIS SABRES TEAM? ABSOLUTELY NOT. A WIN CAN DISGUISE THE NEGATIVITY FOR A DAY OR TWO, BUT THE NEXT THREE GAMES COULD DETERMINE SOMEONE'S FATE IN THE FRANCHISE. SABRES POWER PLAY IS 0-21 SOME PLAYERS NEED TO PLAY THROUGH THEIR STRUGGLES. PETERKA LOOKING GOOD AND BIG CONTRACT COULD BE COMING. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES LOSE ANOTHER GAME AIN A FASHION WE THOUGHT WAS BEHIND US. LOSING THE WAY THE SABRES HAVE LOST GAMES THIS SEASON IS SUPPOSED TO UNACCEPTABLE, BUT AROUND HERE IT FEELS LIKE A LOSING CULTURE AND BIG PAYCHECKS ARE ENOUGH TO KEEP THE PLAYERS HAPPY. POWER, SAMUELSSON AND COZENS HAVE BEEN THE BIGGEST DISAPPOINTMENTS MAKING A COMBINED $20,000,000.00 BETWEEN THEM. TIME TO WAKE UP OR MAKE A MOVE SHIPPING ONE OF THEM OUT OF HERE. (WHICH UNFORTUNATELY WOULD PROBABLY MAKE THEM HAPPIER). NEXT UP CHICAGO. GO SABRES! HAHA Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES BLOW MULTIPLE LEADS IN PITTSBURGH AND CROSBY AND MALKIN WILL THEIR TEAM BACK TO A WIN. BOTH PLAYERS HITTING HUGE MILESTONES IN THE GAME, CROSBY 1600TH POINT AND MALKIN 500TH GOAL. THREE BIG TICKET PLAYERS ON THE SABRES NEED TO GET THEIR HEADS OUT THEIR ASSES IF THIS TEAM IS GOING TO HAVE ANY HOPE OF MAKING THE PLAYOFFS. JR DIDN'T HOLD BACK WHEN IT CAME TO HIS ANALYSIS. "NO URGENCY, AND THEY SEEM TO ACCEPT LOSING" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BLUE JACKETS HONOR JOHNNY GAUDREAU IN THEIR HOME OPENER BY PLAYING THE FIRST :13 SECONDS OF THE GAME WITHOUT A LEFT WINGER. EICHEL/REINHART SHARE LEAGUE LEAD IN POINTS. CELLINO CRASH COURSE: SABRES HAVE NEW PP UNITS FOR THE ROAD TRIP WHAT ARE REALISTIC EXPECTATIONS FOR THIS TEAM IN THE NEXT 3 GAME (PITT, CBJ, CHI) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

REMINISCING ABOUT AN OLD PRACTICE WHEN TWO TEAMMATES COLLIDED AND ONE DROPPED THE GLOVES AND TRIED TO CLAW THE OTHER GUYS EYES OUT OF HIS HEAD.. WHO WAS IT? ROB RAY TO THE SABRES HALL OF FAME SABRES LOOKING GOOD AS THEY GET READY TO HIT THE ROAD FOR 3 GAMES (PIT, CBJ AND CHI) OILERS SUCK RIGHT NOW SHESTERKIN SHOULD BE PAID TOP DOLLAR? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES GET THEIR FIRST WIN OF THE SEASON VS THE STANLEY CUP CHAMPS. A SOLID TEAM EFFORT ALL AROUND. SOME PLAYERS STILL AREN'T THERE YET, AND GET GOING IF THE TEAM IS GOING TO MAKE THE PLAYOFFS. LEADING THE LEAGUE IN HITS PER GAME, THERE STILL SEEMS TO BE SOME PENT UP FRUSTRATION AS RASMUS DAHLIN AND PEYTON KREBS DROP THE GLOVES AFTER DAHLIN TRIED TO "SUBMARINE" HIM. IS THE TAM MORAL LOW, OR JUST A HIGH TEMPO PRACTICE FOR A TEAM WITH NEW EMOTIONS AND GREATER EXPECTATIONS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

GREAT TO HAVE JR BACK! LOTS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE. HEAR THE BEHIND THE SCENES OF WHAT PLANNING IS LIKE FOR A HALL OF FAMER AND THE ALL THE FESTIVITIES? IS CONNER BEDARD GOING TO EXPLODE IN HIS SECOND SEASON IN THE NHL, OR WILL IT TAKE MORE TIME TO GET TO STARDOM, JR IS CONFUSED THAT SHESTERKIN WOULD TURN DOWN HIS MOST RECENT CONTRACT OFFER.. SHOULD THE RANGERS TRADE HIM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES HAD THEIR HOME OPENER LAST NIGHT. LINDY RUFF RECEIVED A WARM OVATION WHILE GM KEVYN ADAMS WAS MADE AWARE THAT THESE FANS ARE ANGRY. SABRES HAD PLENTY OF CHANCES TO WIN THE GAME BUT COULDN'T CAPITALIZE. -BENSON NO GOAL -McCLEOD PENALTY SHOT -TUCH BREAKAWAY GOAL -UPL -PP 0-11 THIS SEASON NEXT GAME: FLA PANTHERS @HOME Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

"FACEOFF" ON PRIME IS A HOT SHOW THESE DAYS. IT'S AWESOME TO SEE THE BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THEAMS, AND THEIR STAR PLAYERS. SPEAKING OF STARS, DO THE SABRES HAVE ANY? CRASH COURSE: SABRES THE YOUNGEST TEAM..... AGAIN! IT HASN'T WORKED YET, SO WHY NOT TRY IT ONE MORE TIME. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TUESDAY'S WITH THOMAS ARE BACK! VAN MADE A RETURN APPEARANCE TO THE SHOW AFTER A NICE SUMMER OFF. WHATS HE BEEN UP TO, WHO'S THIS BLAKE VANEK KID WE'RE READING ABOUT, THE SABRES CAPTAINS, THEIR LATEST VIDEO SESSION WITH LINDY, INJURY LIST, THE BEST PLAYERS IN THE GAME AND MORE! PANTHERS CUP RINGS Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WERE EMBARRASSING IN PRAGUE. TODAY WE WERE CRITICAL, BUT FAIR. LINDY RUFF BETTER GET THEIR HEADS OUT OF THEIR ASSES BY THURSDAY. LET'S HOPE WE CAN CHALK IT UP TO TOO MUCH FUN WHILE AWAY, BECAUSE IF THATS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO GET, THEN WE'RE IN FOR A LONG SEASON. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WITH ALL THE INJURIES TAKING PLACE THIS PRESEASON, IS ITTIME FOR THE LEAGUE TO TAKE A LOOK AT GETTING RID OF 2-3 EXHIBITION GAMES AND ADDING 2 REGULAR SEASON GAMES? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

PETE ROSE DIED THIS WEEK, KNOWN MOST FOR HIS GAMBLING ON BASEBALL, IMAGINE IF SPORTS TEAMS COULD BET ON THEIR OWN GAMES TO WIN. HOW HARD WOULD THEY WORK? SO MUCH ADDED INCENTIVE. SABRES OPENING WEEKEND VS THE NJ DEVILS: -LINDY'S OLD TEAM (MONEY ON THE BOARD) -HOWS THE PP GOING TO LOOK -NJ A BETTER TEAM? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A LOT OF PRESSURE ON THE SABRES THIS SEASON AS ITS "WIN NOW" MODE AROUND THE TEAM. WILL THE SABRES BE OVER/UNDER 88.5 POINTS THIS SEASON IN THE STANDINGS? WHAT NEEDS TO HAPPEN? JEREMY SWAYMAN MAKING LIFE DIFFICULT ON THE BRUINS. WHAT'S HE WORTH, HOW'S HE RANK TO SHESTERKIN? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES OPENING NIGHT LINEUP IS LOOKING LIKE A TEAM THAT CAN COMPETE AGAINST THE TOP TEAMS IN THE LEAGUE, ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. GOING THROUGH THE LINE UP, TOP TO BOTTOM. KREBS TWO YEAR CONTRACT EXTENSION. TWO MORE YEARS FOR CROSBY IN PITT Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG IS BACK FROM ITALY AND READY FOR HOCKEY SEASON. OUR THOUGHTS ON LINDY RUFF'S DEMANDING TRAINING CAMP, THE NEW SABRES CAPTAIN AND ASSISTANTS AND WHAT EXPCT FROM THE RTEAM ON OPENING NIGHT. CELLINO SABRE A DAY: UPL Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A FEW FACTS TO HELP CRAIG IN HISDAY TO DAY LIFE. WHAT HAPPENS IF HE USED THE TERM "BABY" TO HIS WIFE? DO THE SABRES HAVE A TRUE #1 CENTERMAN? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: TAGE THOMPSON OUR OVER/UNDER POINT TOTAL FOR TAGE IS 80. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TRAING CAMP IS WELL UNDERWAY AND IT FEELS A LOT DIFFERENT THAN IN PAST YEARS. LINDY RUFF IS LAYING THE HAMMER DOWN ON A TEAM THAT HAS BEEN CODDLED FOR YEARS. A BLOWOUT WIN IN THE FIRST EXHIBITION GAME AGAINST A TEAM OF PROSPECTS IS NOT A MEASURING STICK. LINDY IS STACKING HIS LINEUPS FOR EXHIBITION GAMES, WHY? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: BOWAN BYRAM Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

RIVS CATCHES UP MID PENNE.. GAINING WEIGHT AND RENTING FERRARI'S CELLINO SABRE A DAY: JACOB BRYSON AND NICOLAS AUBE-KUBEL BOTH PLAYERS ON ONE YEAR DEALS (BRYSON $900K AND KUBEL ($1.5M) WHAT WILL THEIR CONTRIBUTION BE THIS SEASON AND GOING FORWARD? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HOW MUCH WEIGHT WILL RIV GAIN IN ITALY? OUR BOY HEADS OFF ON HIS 50TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY AND PLANS ON RETURNING LIGHTER THAN HE LEFT. CELLINO SABRE A DAY: JACK QUINN FIND OUT WHAT WE THINK QUINN IS CAPABLE OF AND WHERE FITS ON THIS TEAM NOW, AND DOWN THE ROAD. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WANT TO WAIT TO TO NAME THE CAPTAINS. AS IF THE C ISN'T GOINT TO DAHLIN. THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT ARE THE SABRES GOING TO DO ABOUT THE ASSISTANT CAPTAINS. THERE ARE MANY DIFFERENT WAYS LINDY AND KEVYN CAN GO WITH THIS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SHANNON SHARPE WITH THE MASSIVE "WHOOPSIE" ON INSTAGRAM LIVE.. SHUT YOUR PHONES OFF. PROSPECTS HAVE REPORTED ALL OVER THE LEAGUE. WHAT ARE THE THOUGHTS SURROUNDING THE SABRES CAMP, AND HOW MANY OF THESE KIDS COULD ACTUALLY PLAY GAMES THIS SEASON. FORMER NHLer STEPHEN PEAT PASSES AWAY AT AGE 44 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG'S HEADING TO SAN JOSE. CELLEBRINI GOING TO BE LIVING WITH JOE THORNTON THIS SEASON. WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS TO THIS, AND WHAT CAN HE LEARN FROM A GUY LIKE JOE? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: JJ PETERKA "GOALIE NEEDED" AD LEADS TO VICTORY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

NHL NETWORK PUT OUT ITS TOP 20 NHL DEFENSEMAN LIST. WHO'S THE BEST IN THE LEAGUE, WHERE DOES RASMUS DAHLIN FALL ON THEIR LIST, AND WHERE DOES HE FALL ON OUR LIST? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

BODYCAM FOOTAGE OF TYREEK HILL'S ARREST IS GOING VIRAL.. WHO'S IN THE WRONG? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: PEYTON KREBS KREBS IS UP FOR A CONTRACT BUT THIS IS A TRICKY DEAL TO FIGURE OUT. WHAT IS HE AS A PLAYER, WHERE DOES HE FIT AND HOW MUCH CAN THE SABRES AFFORD TO PAY HIM? GAUDREAU BOYS LAID TO REST. AN UNFATHOMABLE CIRCUMSTANCE TO TRY AND COMPREHEND. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A SURPRISINGLY POSITIVE TONE OUT OF CRAIG AFTER A WEEKEND TRAVELING FOR MINOR HOCKEY, WHAT'S CHANGED TO BRING THIS OUT? JESSICA PEGULA REACHES FIRST GRAND SLAM FINAL AT THE US OPEN. LOSES IN TWO SETS TO ARYNA SABALENKA. BUFFALO BILLS BACK IN ACTION. CRAIG IS IN 3 FANTASY POOLS IS OBSESSED WITH FOOTBALL, ANDREW NOT SO MUCH. CELLINO SABRE A DAY: CONNOR CLIFTON DOES OVI BREAK GRETZKY'S RECORD THIS SEASON WITH A 42 GOAL OUTPUT? WHATS HIS CAREER CEILING, 1000? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

WORD ON THE STREET IS THAT LINDY RUFF WASN'T ALLOWED TO HIRE HIS OWN ASSISTANTS. WHAT IS RUFF'S REALISTIC TIMELINE AS SABRES HEAD COACH, AND HOW MANY MORE YEARS DOES HE HAVE LEFT IN HIM? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: JORDAN GREENWAY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG'S NOT FEELING SO HOT TODAY.. WHAT'S THE OCCASION? GETTING SETTLED FOR TRAINING CAMP IS NEVER EASY. IMAGINE HAVING YOUR OWN PLACE BEFORE YOUR FIRST TRAINING CAMP? LIVING IN THE HOTEL CELLINO SABRE A DAY: RYAN JOHNSON WHERE DOES HE FIT ON THIS CURRENT SABRES ROSTER. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

DRAISAITL SIGNS 8 YEAR $14M EXTENSION. HOW ARE THE OILERS GOING TO MANAGE THEIR CAP WHEN MORE LUCRATIVE CONTRACTS AWAIT WITH MCDAVID AND BOUCHARD? CELLINO SABRE A DAY: RYAN MCLEOD Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A TRAGEDY OVER THE WEEKEND HAS LEFT THE GAUDREAU FAMILY, THEIR FRIENDS AND ENTIRE HOCKEY COMMUNITY IN SHOCK. WHAT COMES NEXT AFTER THIS LOSS, AND HOW DO THE BLUE JACKETS APPROACH THE SEASON. LINDY VS CAM NEELY TWEET SPARKED A FUNNY MEMORY.. CELLINO SABRES A DAY: BECK MALENSTYN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ARE THE SABRES SET WITH THEIR ROSTER? THEY ARE STILL LACKING ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE PUCK. CELLINO SABRE OF THE DAY: JAMES REIMER Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CCM IS PURCHASED FOR MORE THAN $570M. PRICES OF HOCKEY EQUIPMENT IS EXPECTED TO RISE. IT'S ALREADY A COMPLETE JOKE HOW MUCH IT COSTS FAMILIES TO PLAY HOCKEY, NOW ITS GETTING EVEN WORSE? DO YOURSELVES A FAVOR, FIND ANOTHER SPORT TO PUT YOUR KIDS IN. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

IF YOU HAVEN'T HEARD OF RUTGER MCGROARTY YOU'RE GOING TO. SOUNDS LIKE ANOTHER ENTITLED PROSPECT, TRYING TO FORCE HIS WAY INTO THE NHL. CELLINO SABRE A DAY: ALEX TUCH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SOME BAD CONTRACTS HAVE BEEN SIGNED AROUND THE LEAGUE.. THE SABRES, ON PAPER HAVE TWO, POTENTIALLY THREE CONTRACTS THAT MIGHT NOT LOOK GOOD AFTER NEXT SEASON. OILERS DON'T MATCH OFFER SHEETS MATTY BENIERS SIGNS A $50M CONTRACT! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MONTREAL TAKES THE RISK AND TRADES FOR PATRIK LAINE DID THE SABRES MISS A HUGE OPPORTUNITY BY NOT ACQUIRING LAINE? THEY NEED A TOP LINE SCORER. CELLINO SABRE OF THE DAY: DEVON LEVI THE SABRES HAVE TWO OR THREE POTENTIAL OFFER SHEET TARGETS NEXT YEAR. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SUMMERS ALMOST OVER AND TRAINING CAMP IS CLOSE. REMEMBERING THE TRAING CAMP ANGST WHEN WE PLAYED. CELLINO SABRE OF THE DAY: OWEN POWER GABRIEL LANDESKOG SET TO RETURN AFTER TWO YEAR ABSENCE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

AUSTON MATTHEWS NAMED NEW CAPTAIN OF THE LEAFS. WHY? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

MORE TEAMS NEED TO OFFER SHEET PLAYERS. BLUES ATTACK OILERS BY OFFER SHEETING HOLLOWAY AND BROBERG. THE OILERS APPEAR TO BE IN A VERY TOUGH PLACE. SABRE OF THE DAY: HENRI JOKIHARJU Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRE OF THE DAY: ZACH BENSON Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES WILL MOST LIKELY NAME RASMUS DAHLIN AS THE NEXT SABRES CAPTAIN. IS THE RIGHT CHOICE, OR IS THERE ANOTHER POTENTIAL CANDIDATE. WHO WILL BE THE ASSISTANTS TO DAHLIN, AND WILL LINDY PLAY "PLEASER" AND MAKE A LEADERSHIP GROUP? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A NICE NOTE FROM A FAN LEADS TO REMEMBERING SOME OTHER GOOD DEEDS. LINDY WILL BE A BIG CHANGE FROM DON GRANATO FOR ALL THESE PLAYERS SABRE OF THE DAY: SAM LAFFERTY Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

THIS DAY IN SABRES HISTORY: SABRES MAKE A FRANCHISE SHIFTING TRADE FOR ARGUABLY THE GREATEST GOALIE OF ALL TIME. WHO WAS PAT LAFONTAINE TRADED FOR? NEW SEGMENT!! "SABRE A DAY.. UNTIL TRAING CAMP" (WORKING TITLE) PULLING A NUMBER FROM A HAT EVERY EPISODE AND TALKING ABOUT THAT INDIVIDUAL PLAYERS EXPECTATIONS. HAPPY BIRTHDAY SID THE KID. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

CRAIG NEEDED TIME OFF TO PONDER A COACHING JOB OFFER. CRAIG HAD NO IDEA WAS UP FOR DISCUSSION TODAY. SABRES ARE SUPPOSEDLY IN ON PATRICK LAINE. IS THAT A MOVE THAT MAKES SENSE? CRAIG'S CELLINO STORY IS AMAZING! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

LANCE LYSOWSKI FROM THE BUFFALO NEWS JOINED US IN THIS EPISODE TO DISCUSS THE CURRENT STATE OF THE SABRES. -SABRES SIGN UPL TO 5 YEAR $4.75M CONTRACT -THOUGHTS ON THE CURENT ROSTER -WHO NEEDS TO UP THEIR GAME -IF THE SABRES DON'T MAKE THE PLAYOFFS, WHAT HAPPENS? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

SABRES SIGN BECK MALENSTYN TO A TWO YEAR CONTRACT. JESSIE PEGULA IS RANKED #6 IN THE WORLD HEADING TO THE OLYMPICS FOR TEAM USA. WAS HER PATH EASY BECAUSE OF HER PARENTS WEALTH? BREAK DANCING IS NOW IN THE OLYMPICS. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

QUENTIN BYFIELD SIGNS A NICE JUICY CONTRACT EXTENSION IN LA, OF COURSE THAT LEADS TO A SABRES DISCUSSION. ALSO, IS KULICH GETTING PISSED WHEN HE SEES THERE IS NO ROOM FOR HIM ON THE SABRES ROSTER NEXT SEASON? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

A QUICK STORY ABOUT CRAIG'S WORST ROOMMATE EXPERIENCE. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

TONIC IS COMING TO TOWN! IF YOU COULD ONLY SEE THE WAY WE LAUGH WHEN WE HEAR THAT SONG AND WHY! A NIGHT OUT IN FLORIDA WITH THE BOYS AND A BIG WIN THE NEXT NIGHT. EATING THE WHOLE MINI BAR IN PHILLY UPL IS THE TALK OF THE TOWN Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices